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SMH

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$609.00 +0.35%

(9/30 15:01) ◀

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Option Volume

Detail

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Current (09/30 4:00pm) 162,381

Calls: 53,961 (33%)

Puts: 108,420 (67%)

Prior (09/29) 161,353

Calls: 71,539 (44%)

Puts: 89,814 (56%)

Current vs Prior +0.64%

Calls: -24.57% (Calls)

Puts: +20.72% (Puts)

Prior 7-Day Total 1,645,022

Calls: 677,940 (41%)

Puts: 967,082 (59%)

Prior 7-Day Average 235,003

Calls: 96,848 (41%)

Puts: 138,154 (59%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -30.90%

Calls: -44.28%

Puts: -21.52%

Sentiment BEARISH

Dollar Volume

Detail

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Current (09/30 4:00pm) $107.06M

Calls: $66.16M (62%)

Puts: $40.90M (38%)

Prior (09/29) $95.77M

Calls: $59.81M (62%)

Puts: $35.96M (38%)

Current vs Prior +11.79%

Calls: +10.62%

Puts: +13.74%

Prior 7-Day Total $1.19B

Calls: $797.60M (67%)

Puts: $391.55M (33%)

Prior 7-Day Average $169.88M

Calls: $113.94M (67%)

Puts: $55.94M (33%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg -36.98%

Calls: -41.93%

Puts: -26.89%

Sentiment BULLISH

Put/Call Ratio

Detail

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Current (09/30 4:00pm) 2.01

Prior (09/29) 1.26

Current vs Prior +60.04%

Prior 7-Day Average 1.50

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +33.81%

Sentiment BEARISH

Open Interest

Detail

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Current (09/30 4:00pm) 1,756,949

Calls: 648,052 (37%)

Puts: 1,108,897 (63%)

Prior (09/29) 1,753,254

Calls: 639,319 (36%)

Puts: 1,113,935 (64%)

Current vs Prior +0.21%

Prior 7-Day Total 11,906,341

Calls: 4,430,873 (37%)

Puts: 7,475,468 (63%)

Prior 7-Day Average 1,700,905

Calls: 632,981 (37%)

Puts: 1,067,924 (63%)

Current vs Prior 7-Day Avg +3.29%

Sentiment BULLISH

Expected Move

Detail

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0DTE3DTEWKMO Expiry (09/30) | Next (10/01)Expiry (09/30) | Next (10/02)Expiry (10/02) | Next (10/09)Expiry (10/16) | Next (11/20)

Current 1.03% | 1.99%1.03% | 2.43%2.43% | 4.05%5.58% | 11.43%

Prior 1.64% | 2.29%1.64% | 2.74%2.74% | 4.38%5.83% | 11.27%

Current vs Prior +21.43% | +6.18%-37.28% | -11.20%-11.20% | -7.58%-4.21% | +1.45%

Prior 7-Day Avg 1.41% | 2.07%0.94% | 2.21%2.19% | 4.30%5.68% | 11.16%

Current vs 7-Day Avg +40.71% | +17.70%+8.70% | +10.05%+11.17% | -5.88%-1.71% | +2.39%

Prior 7-Day Eod 1.64% | 2.29%1.61% | 2.71%2.71% | 4.37%5.73% | 11.27%

Current vs 7-Day Eod +21.43% | +6.18%-36.44% | -10.39%-10.39% | -7.34%-2.52% | +1.45%

Sentiment BEARISHBULLISHBULLISHBULLISH

Relative Spread

Detail

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Expiry | Next

Current 23.81% | 15.36%

Calls: 28.36% | 15.75%

Puts: 19.26% | 14.96%

Prior 31.88% | 34.81%

Calls: 30.81% | 32.61%

Puts: 32.94% | 37.01%

Current vs Prior -25.31% | -55.87%

Prior 7-Day Avg 34.65% | 28.91%

Calls: 34.13% | 29.86%

Puts: 35.17% | 27.96%

Current vs 7-Day Avg -31.28% | -46.86%

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Moderately bullish flow with 62% call dollar volume ($66.16M). Extreme bearish P/C ratio of 2.01 - heavy put buying. P/C ratio rising 60% - increased hedging/bearish positioning. Put-heavy open interest (1,108,897 puts vs 648,052 calls) suggests hedging or bearish positioning.

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Sentiment Timeline (Today)

Time	Smart Money	Retail	Overall
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14:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
13:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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11:00	BULLISH	BEARISH	BEARISH
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Options with the tightest bid-ask spreads (<10%). Lower spreads = better fills and less slippage. Showing top 119 of results (avg 6.6%, best 3.9%)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$487.50	Sep 30	118.75	123.50	$121.13	3.9%	16	0.93	--
$490.00	Oct 5	116.65	121.50	$119.08	4.1%	10	0.93	10
$500.00	Oct 16	108.00	112.50	$110.25	4.1%	16	0.97	272
$490.00	Sep 30	116.15	121.00	$118.58	4.1%	31	0.93	--
$490.00	Oct 16	117.50	122.50	$120.00	4.2%	--	0.98	49

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$715.00	Nov 6	104.55	109.50	$107.03	4.6%	2	0.90	--
$710.00	Nov 6	100.00	105.00	$102.50	4.9%	10	0.90	--
$705.00	Oct 16	94.00	99.00	$96.50	5.2%	--	0.94	25
$700.00	Nov 6	90.55	95.50	$93.03	5.3%	10	0.87	--
$700.00	Oct 9	89.00	94.00	$91.50	5.5%	1	1.00	--

Affordable options under $1.00 per contract. Great for defined-risk strategies with minimal capital. -- found (avg $--, cheapest $--)

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In-the-money options with delta >0.50. Higher probability of profit, lower leverage. 348 found (avg delta 0.79, highest 1.00)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$565.00	Sep 30	41.10	46.00	$43.55	11.3%	--	1.00	20
$567.50	Sep 30	38.55	43.50	$41.03	12.1%	--	1.00	10
$570.00	Sep 30	36.55	41.00	$38.78	11.5%	151	1.00	196
$572.50	Sep 30	33.65	38.50	$36.08	13.4%	1	1.00	22
$575.00	Sep 30	31.25	36.00	$33.63	14.1%	7	1.00	98

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$650.00	Oct 1	39.00	43.95	$41.48	11.9%	2	1.00	--
$700.00	Oct 9	89.00	94.00	$91.50	5.5%	1	1.00	--
$622.50	Sep 30	11.50	16.45	$13.98	35.4%	6	0.95	6
$620.00	Sep 30	9.00	13.95	$11.48	43.1%	55	0.94	3
$705.00	Oct 16	94.00	99.00	$96.50	5.2%	--	0.94	25

Most actively traded options today. High liquidity = easy entry/exit. 903 active (total vol 115.5K, top 14.3K)

CALLS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$610.00	Sep 30	0.98	2.50	$1.74	87.4%	2.9K	0.40	190
$612.50	Sep 30	0.00	1.32	$0.66	200.0%	2.8K	0.22	270
$617.50	Sep 30	0.00	0.54	$0.27	200.0%	2.7K	0.09	113
$615.00	Sep 30	0.05	0.66	$0.36	169.4%	1.7K	0.12	338
$630.00	Oct 16	7.00	10.25	$8.63	37.7%	1.6K	0.33	9.3K

PUTS (5)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Ask	Mark	Spread	Vol	Delta	OI
$530.00	Oct 2	0.03	0.06	$0.05	60.0%	14.3K	0.00	15.8K
$555.00	Oct 30	6.20	7.85	$7.03	23.5%	10.7K	0.18	63
$605.00	Sep 30	0.20	1.31	$0.76	146.1%	2.9K	0.25	132
$560.00	Oct 16	2.35	3.40	$2.88	36.5%	2.9K	0.12	5.6K
$602.50	Sep 30	0.00	0.58	$0.29	200.0%	2.9K	0.12	122

Term structure inversion — near-term IV higher than far-term IV at the same strike. Signals expected near-term catalyst or volatility event. 8 strikes (avg 226.6%, max 295.5%)

CALLS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$610.00	Sep 30	Nov 6	134.4%	34.0%	295.5%	2.9K	194
$612.50	Sep 30	Oct 30	115.1%	35.7%	222.5%	2.8K	354
$605.00	Sep 30	Nov 6	109.3%	34.8%	213.8%	518	1.5K
$607.50	Sep 30	Nov 6	96.6%	34.6%	179.7%	183	159

PUTS (4)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Near IV	Far IV	Back%	Vol	OI
$610.00	Sep 30	Nov 6	134.4%	34.0%	295.5%	237	67
$605.00	Sep 30	Nov 6	109.3%	34.8%	213.8%	2.9K	156
$612.50	Sep 30	Nov 6	115.1%	36.9%	212.0%	314	115
$607.50	Sep 30	Nov 6	96.6%	34.6%	179.7%	875	57

Bull call spreads & bear put spreads with the best risk/reward ratios. Pay a debit upfront, defined max loss. 561 found (best R:R 43.30, avg 5.85)

BULL CALL (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$645.00	$680.00	Oct 12	$0.79	$34.21	$0.79	16%	43.30	$645.79
$665.00	$680.00	Oct 13	$0.12	$14.88	$0.12	10%	124.00	$665.12
$607.50	$610.00	Oct 9	$0.52	$1.98	$0.52	54%	3.81	$608.02
$605.00	$607.50	Oct 1	$0.73	$1.77	$0.73	64%	2.42	$605.73
$650.00	$660.00	Oct 13	$0.40	$9.60	$0.40	14%	24.00	$650.40

BEAR PUT (5)

Buy	Sell	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$575.00	$560.00	Oct 8	$0.25	$14.75	$0.25	13%	59.00	$574.75
$575.00	$557.50	Oct 12	$0.88	$16.62	$0.88	16%	18.89	$574.12
$610.00	$607.50	Oct 30	$0.37	$2.13	$0.37	48%	5.76	$609.63
$602.50	$600.00	Oct 9	$0.15	$2.35	$0.15	39%	15.67	$602.35
$612.50	$610.00	Sep 30	$0.95	$1.55	$0.95	78%	1.63	$611.55

Bear call spreads & bull put spreads collecting premium. Receive credit upfront, profit if stock stays in range. 467 found (best R:R 0.51, avg 0.44)

BEAR CALL (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$695.00	$700.00	Sep 30	$1.69	$1.69	$3.31	93%	0.51	$696.69
$660.00	$662.50	Sep 30	$1.69	$1.69	$0.81	90%	2.09	$661.69
$637.50	$640.00	Sep 30	$1.67	$1.67	$0.83	86%	2.01	$639.17
$670.00	$675.00	Oct 1	$1.58	$1.58	$3.42	91%	0.46	$671.58
$660.00	$662.50	Oct 1	$1.54	$1.54	$0.96	90%	1.60	$661.54

BULL PUT (5)

Sell	Buy	Expiry	Credit	Max Gain	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE
$547.50	$545.00	Sep 30	$1.69	$1.69	$0.81	92%	2.09	$545.81
$582.50	$580.00	Sep 30	$1.69	$1.69	$0.81	86%	2.09	$580.81
$540.00	$537.50	Sep 30	$1.50	$1.50	$1.00	93%	1.50	$538.50
$510.00	$505.00	Oct 7	$1.49	$1.49	$3.51	94%	0.42	$508.51
$527.50	$525.00	Oct 9	$1.36	$1.36	$1.14	94%	1.19	$526.14

Same strike, different expirations. Sell near-term, buy far-term. Profits from time decay differential. 5 found (avg debit $3.03, cheapest $2.25)

CALLS (2)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$610.00	Sep 30	Oct 1	$3.76	134.4%	43.8%
$607.50	Sep 30	Oct 1	$3.60	96.6%	40.7%

PUTS (3)

Strike	Near Exp	Far Exp	Net Debit	Near IV	Far IV
$610.00	Sep 30	Oct 1	$2.25	134.4%	43.8%
$607.50	Sep 30	Oct 1	$2.77	96.6%	40.7%
$630.00	Oct 16	Oct 23	$2.77	32.9%	33.0%

Buy call + put at the same strike and expiry. Profits from large moves in either direction. 252 found (cheapest 0.69% of stock, avg 5.91%)

Strike	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High	Cost%
$607.50	Sep 30	$2.85	$1.38	$4.23	$603.27	$611.73	0.69%
$612.50	Sep 30	$0.66	$4.35	$5.01	$607.49	$617.51	0.82%
$610.00	Sep 30	$1.74	$3.40	$5.14	$604.86	$615.14	0.84%
$605.00	Sep 30	$4.65	$0.76	$5.41	$599.59	$610.41	0.89%
$615.00	Sep 30	$0.36	$6.53	$6.89	$608.11	$621.89	1.13%
$602.50	Sep 30	$6.75	$0.29	$7.04	$595.46	$609.54	1.16%
$600.00	Sep 30	$9.00	$0.21	$9.21	$590.79	$609.21	1.51%
$607.50	Oct 1	$6.45	$4.15	$10.60	$596.90	$618.10	1.74%
$605.00	Oct 1	$7.18	$3.46	$10.64	$594.36	$615.64	1.75%
$612.50	Oct 1	$3.72	$7.25	$10.97	$601.53	$623.47	1.80%

Buy OTM call + OTM put at different strikes. Cheaper than straddles, needs bigger move to profit. 370 found (cheapest 0.11% of stock, avg 3.26%)

Call K	Put K	Expiry	Call$	Put$	Total	BE Low	BE High
$615.00	$602.50	Sep 30	$0.36	$0.29	$0.65	$601.85	$615.65
$612.50	$602.50	Sep 30	$0.66	$0.29	$0.95	$601.55	$613.45
$615.00	$605.00	Sep 30	$0.36	$0.76	$1.12	$603.88	$616.12
$612.50	$605.00	Sep 30	$0.66	$0.76	$1.42	$603.58	$613.92
$642.50	$602.50	Sep 30	$1.70	$0.29	$1.99	$600.51	$644.49
$637.50	$602.50	Sep 30	$1.70	$0.29	$1.99	$600.51	$639.49
$615.00	$582.50	Sep 30	$0.36	$1.70	$2.06	$580.44	$617.06
$615.00	$562.50	Sep 30	$0.36	$1.70	$2.06	$560.44	$617.06
$615.00	$607.50	Sep 30	$0.36	$1.38	$1.74	$605.76	$616.74
$612.50	$607.50	Sep 30	$0.66	$1.38	$2.04	$605.46	$614.54

Sell OTM put spread + OTM call spread. Collect premium, profit if stock stays between breakevens. 559 found (best R:R 2.09, avg credit $1.36)

Put Spread	Call Spread	Expiry	Credit	Max Loss	POP	R:R	BE Low	BE High
545/548	695/700	Sep 30	$3.38	$1.62	85%	2.09	$544.12	$698.38
538/540	695/700	Sep 30	$3.19	$1.81	86%	1.76	$536.81	$698.19
580/582	695/700	Sep 30	$3.38	$1.62	79%	2.09	$579.12	$698.38
550/552	695/700	Sep 30	$2.43	$2.57	84%	0.95	$550.07	$697.43
585/588	660/662	Sep 30	$1.88	$0.62	86%	3.03	$585.62	$661.88
525/528	632/635	Oct 9	$2.28	$0.22	70%	10.36	$525.22	$634.78
585/588	638/640	Sep 30	$1.86	$0.64	83%	2.91	$585.64	$639.36
598/600	660/662	Sep 30	$1.84	$0.66	82%	2.79	$598.16	$661.84
545/548	618/620	Sep 30	$1.79	$0.71	83%	2.52	$545.71	$619.29
585/588	695/700	Sep 30	$1.88	$3.12	89%	0.60	$585.62	$696.88

Buy lower + upper strikes, sell 2x middle strike. Low cost, max profit at the middle strike at expiry. 381 found (best R:R 15.67, cheapest $0.05)

CALLS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Sep 30	$0.30	$2.20	39%	7.33
$585.00	$590.00	$595.00	Oct 1	$0.08	$4.92	10%	61.50
$590.00	$595.00	$600.00	Oct 5	$0.27	$4.73	15%	17.52
$600.00	$602.50	$605.00	Sep 30	$0.15	$2.35	20%	15.67
$645.00	$650.00	$655.00	Oct 16	$0.07	$4.93	6%	70.43

PUTS (5)

Low	Mid	High	Expiry	Debit	Max Gain	POP	R:R
$602.50	$605.00	$607.50	Sep 30	$0.15	$2.35	30%	15.67
$580.00	$585.00	$590.00	Oct 8	$0.08	$4.92	10%	61.50
$625.00	$630.00	$635.00	Oct 16	$0.12	$4.88	9%	40.67
$607.50	$610.00	$612.50	Oct 1	$0.10	$2.40	16%	24.00
$610.00	$612.50	$615.00	Oct 1	$0.13	$2.37	17%	18.23

Buy 1 option, sell 2 at a different strike (1:2 ratio). Can be entered for a credit. Unlimited risk on naked leg. 518 found (best net $-15.00, 448 credits)

CALLS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$490.00	$542.50	1:2	Oct 6	-$15.00	$37.50
$615.00	$630.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$0.42	$14.58
$625.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 14	-$1.06	$13.94
$657.50	$725.00	1:2	Oct 8	-$2.17	$65.33
$645.00	$680.00	1:2	Oct 12	-$1.09	$33.91

PUTS (5)

Buy K	Sell K	Ratio	Expiry	Net	Max Gain
$680.00	$640.00	1:2	Oct 30	-$8.91	$31.09
$620.00	$615.00	1:2	Sep 30	-$1.58	$3.42
$580.00	$560.00	1:2	Oct 13	-$0.32	$19.68
$575.00	$557.50	1:2	Oct 12	-$1.20	$16.30
$595.00	$590.00	1:2	Oct 5	-$0.32	$4.68

Sell OTM calls against 100 shares you own. Collect premium for income, capped upside at strike. Yield% = premium/stock price. 183 found (best yield 3.94%, avg 0.98%)

Strike	Expiry	Bid	Delta	OTM%	Yield%	If Called%	Vol	OI
$615.00	Nov 6	$24.00	0.49	1.0%	3.94%	4.93%	1	30
$620.00	Nov 6	$21.75	0.47	1.8%	3.57%	5.38%	41	46
$610.00	Nov 6	$26.25	0.52	0.2%	4.31%	4.47%	9	4
$617.50	Nov 6	$22.55	0.48	1.4%	3.70%	5.10%	--	18
$622.50	Nov 6	$20.30	0.45	2.2%	3.33%	5.55%	10	14
$625.00	Nov 6	$19.25	0.44	2.6%	3.16%	5.79%	1	43
$635.00	Nov 6	$15.80	0.39	4.3%	2.59%	6.86%	3	17
$630.00	Nov 6	$17.15	0.41	3.5%	2.82%	6.26%	4	13
$640.00	Nov 6	$13.60	0.36	5.1%	2.23%	7.32%	3	27
$645.00	Nov 6	$12.00	0.33	5.9%	1.97%	7.88%	3	12

Current 5-Minute Volume Snapshots

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 53,961

Total Puts 108,420

Put/Call Ratio 2.01

Net Difference -54,459

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Total Calls 71,539

Total Puts 89,814

Put/Call Ratio 1.26

Net Difference -18,275

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Total Calls 677,940

Total Puts 967,082

Average Put/Call Ratio 1.50

Ratio Trend Rising

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

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Options Activity Around Earnings

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Current Put/Call Breakdown

Prior's Put/Call Breakdown

Prior 7-Day Put/Call Summary

Daily Put/Call History (Last 7 Days)

Upcoming Earnings - 2 Weeks Prior

Upcoming Earnings - 1 Week Prior

Earnings This Week

Earnings - Day Before / Day After

Options Activity Around Earnings

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